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Detroit Area Study, 1987: A Study of Greater Detroit (ICPSR 6412)

Principal Investigator(s):
Alwin, Duane F.

Summary:

The 1987 Detroit Area Study is a replication of Gerhard
Lenski's 1958 study on religion titled DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1958: THE
RELIGIOUS FACTOR (ICPSR 7279). In addition to providing standard
personal and demographic information such as age, sex, race, religion,
marital status, and occupation, the survey also gathered data on the
economic and political behavior of respondents and their kinship
institutions, as well as the commitment of individuals to
socio-religious groups. Questions tapped areas such as inter-group
images, class and ethnic distinctions, family and child-rearing
patterns, and attitudes toward work, unions, spending, saving, welfare
legislation, civil liberties, foreign affairs, minority group rights,
and legislation on moral issues. Questions on religion covered
doctrinal orthodoxy, the role of religious leaders in politics, and the
effect of religion on politics as well as daily life.
More information about the Detroit Area Studies Project is available on this Web site.

The 1987 Detroit Area Study is a replication of Gerhard
Lenski's 1958 study on religion titled DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1958: THE
RELIGIOUS FACTOR (ICPSR 7279). In addition to providing standard
personal and demographic information such as age, sex, race, religion,
marital status, and occupation, the survey also gathered data on the
economic and political behavior of respondents and their kinship
institutions, as well as the commitment of individuals to
socio-religious groups. Questions tapped areas such as inter-group
images, class and ethnic distinctions, family and child-rearing
patterns, and attitudes toward work, unions, spending, saving, welfare
legislation, civil liberties, foreign affairs, minority group rights,
and legislation on moral issues. Questions on religion covered
doctrinal orthodoxy, the role of religious leaders in politics, and the
effect of religion on politics as well as daily life.

More information about the Detroit Area Studies Project is available on this Web site.

Universe:
Adults 21 years and older in the Michigan counties of
Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb.

Data Type(s):
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Users should ignore the column locations provided in the
codebook because they document card image data. Users may obtain column
locations for the logical record length data
from the SAS and SPSS data definition statements.

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage area probability sample of housing units.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1995-10-12

Version History:

1998-02-18 The data file and SPSS data definition statements
have been revised. Also, the codebook and data collection instrument are
now available as PDF files, and SAS data definition statements
and an SPSS export file have been added to the collection.